AUGEAN 02 May 2017
Augean plc
('Augean' or 'the Group')
Grant of Share Options under Long Term Incentive Plan
Augean, one of the UK's leading specialist waste management businesses, announces that it has granted share options ('Options') to certain of its directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') and employees for up to 1,580,535 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') pursuant to the terms of the Augean plc 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'LTIP').
734,481 of these Options have been granted to Stewart Davies and Mark Fryer as set out below:
Director | Number of Options granted | Total Number of Options held following this grant | % of issued share capital represented by total options held |
Stewart Davies Mark Fryer | 428,619 305,862 | 2,279,289 305,862 | 2.22% 0.3% |
In addition, 686,878 of these Options have been granted to PDMRs (other than Stewart Davies and Mark Fryer) as set out below:
PDMR | Number of Options granted |
John Rauch | 271,878 |
Andrew Woolcock | 83,000 |
Nigel Bowen | 83,000 |
Edward Pigg | 83,000 |
Helen Simms | 83,000 |
Gene Wilson | 83,000 |
i. 25% of each award will vest subject to performance conditions based on the Company's relative total shareholder return ('TSR'), comprising both the change in share price and cumulative dividends. The Company's TSR will be measured relative to the FTSE AIM All-Share Index; and
ii. subject to the achievement of a Return on Capital Employed ('ROCE') condition being, 75% of each award will be subject to performance conditions based on the Company's diluted earnings per share.
To the extent that the performance conditions have been satisfied, the Options will vest on the date of the publication of the Company's 2019 Annual Report and Accounts. The Options have an exercise price of 10 pence each.
Following the above grant there are 5,782,828 options over Ordinary Shares. This represents 5.6% of the current issued share capital of the Company, which comprises 102,748,383 Ordinary Shares.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | 1. Stewart Davies 2. Mark Fryer 3. John Rauch 4. Andrew Woolcock 5. Nigel Bowen 6. Edward Pigg 7. Helen Simms8. Gene Wilson | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | 1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Group Finance Director 3. Group Operating Officer 4. PDMR - Director of Energy and Construction 5. PDMR - Director of Industry and Infrastructure 6. PDMR - Director of Augean Integrated Services 7. PDMR - Director of Radioactive Waste Services8. PDMR - Director of Corporate Stewardship | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Augean Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800FX9OGD148QCP81 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary 10p shares ISIN: GB00B02H2F76 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/a (Single transaction) | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 28 April 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
For further information, call:
Augean plc Dr Stewart Davies, Chief Executive Mark Fryer, Group Finance Director | 01937 844 980 |
N+1 Singer Shaun Dobson Alex Price | 020 7496 3000 |
FTI Consulting Oliver Winters Fiona Walker | 020 3727 1535 |
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